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3/23/2023
Apply Now! Become a 2023 Think College Policy Advocate!
Deadline: April 24, 2023
The Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD) and Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) are happy to announce this opportunity to learn and practice policy advocacy skills is once again available to students and staff of inclusive higher education programs. If you or someone you know works for or attends a postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disability, you can apply to be a Think College Policy Advocate (TCPA).
3/20/2023
Disability Policy News
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3/16/2023
NH-ME LEND Spring Kick-Off: Engaging in Advocacy and the Policy Process
In January, NH-ME LEND convened trainees, faculty, and five panelists for a Leadership Intensive: Organizing to Influence Your State's Policy. Panelists represented perspectives on advocacy at the state, local, and personal levels. The Leadership Intensive was the first step in preparing the 2023 LEND cohort for the spring Disability Policy Seminar (DPS) and subsequent meetings with congressional delegations.
AUCD Events
2023 Disability Policy Seminar Orientation and Policy Education 101 Workshop: Preparing to Educate Policymakers in DC and at Home

Wednesday, April 12, 20233:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Virtual
This workshop will help trainees learn how to educate policymakers in DC and at home. It will also teach trainees how to connect their experience and expertise to policy. Finally, the workshop will help prepare trainees for the virtual 2023 Disability Policy Seminar on Monday, April 24th, and the fly-in hill day on Thursday, April 27th.
AIR-P Presents: Mind the NIH-Funding Gap: Structural Discrimination in Physical Health-Related Research for Cognitively Able Autistic Adults

Tuesday, April 18, 20234:00pm ET - 5:00pm ET
Location: Zoom
In this webinar, Dr. McDonald will discuss the lack of NIH-funded research focused on physical health disparity conditions in autistic adults. Using data from the NIH RePorter (a publicly available government spending transparency tool), we used 30 major health disparity terms (e.g., insomnia, cardiovascular disease) paired with the terms "autism" and "adult" to investigate grants funded by the NIH on these conditions.